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Five Fire Fighters

Date: 1931
Description: A small group of four fighters and one of their bosses are standing amid burned remnants from a fire. One man is holding a fire hose that is spraying water...
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Men Sitting on Porch Steps

Date: 1921
Description: Four men are sitting on porch stairs and railing posts. The man on the left is wearing a chef jacket and hat, and also an apron.
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Two Men in Carriage

Date: 1905
Description: Two men wearing hats and coats in a horse-drawn carriage on a residential street.
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Alexander Chadbourne Eschweiler

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Description: Quarter-length portrait of Alexander C. Eschweiler.
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Man with Milk Cooler

Date: 06 13 1938
Description: A man in a hat and long coat with rubber protectors over his shoes stands next to a McCormick-Deering cooler. Four milk cans are in the foreground. Origin...
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An Early P&H Hoist Crane in Brewery

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Description: Interior view of Pawling & Harnischfeger hoist cranes in a Schlitz brewery where men are working with beer barrels.
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P&H Traveling Electric Monorail Hoist

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Description: Pawling and Harnischfeger traveling electric monorail hoist carrying a piece of equipment at the Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Co. There's an operator in th...
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Mark Abbott

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Description: Quarter-length portrait of Mark Abbott, Milwaukee manufacturer.
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Emanuel D. Adler

Date: 10 09 1914
Description: Quarter-length portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Emanuel A. Adler, Milwaukee manufacturer.
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Lewis M. Alexander

Date: 11 12 1913
Description: Quarter-length portrait of Lewis M. Alexander, Port Edwards banker and paper manufacturer.
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W.A. Austin

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Description: Quarter-length portrait of W.A. Austin, Milwaukee attorney.
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Edward P. Bacon

Date: 11 16 1914
Description: Quarter-length portrait of Edward Payson Bacon, Milwaukee railroad executive and merchant.
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George D. Bartlett

Date: 05 10 1921
Description: Head and shoulders portrait of George D. Bartlett, Milwaukee banker.
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John J. Beggs

Date: 05 27 1921
Description: Quarter-length portrait of John J. Beggs, Milwaukee public utilities executive.
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William Berger

Date: 06 10 1921
Description: Quarter-length portrait of William Berger, Milwaukee merchant.
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George O. Bergstrom

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Description: Quarter-length portrait of George O. Bergstrom, Neenah stove manufacturer.
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S. Adelheim Bernhard

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Description: Quarter-length portrait of S. Adelheim Bernhard, Milwaukee physician and surgeon.
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Fred C. Best

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Description: Waist-up studio portrait of Fred C. Best, Milwaukee mortgage company president.
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Charles F. Pfister, Henry C. Payne, and Frank G. Bigelow

Date: 1902
Description: Studio group portrait of (left to right) Charles F. Pfister, Henry C. Payne, and Frank G. Bigelow.

Pfister was a Milwaukee financier, who - among numerou...

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Edward Asahel Birge

Date: 05 11 1914
Description: Quarter-length portrait of Edward Asahel Birge, University of Wisconsin-Madison professor.

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